plasmac message error

beauxnez wrote:

phillc54 wrote:

Not sure what io you have but if it is a 7i96 then it would something like this in your connections.hal file:

hm2_7i96.0.gpio.008.in_not

it is a parallel port

It's the same thing, just take whatever your current pin is and add "-not" to the end of it. Also, I think it can be "-not" or "_not" and both will work the same.

The torch should be up before starting a cut. Having it low will void the probe speed and run it at setup speed.

tommylight wrote:

The torch should be up before starting a cut. Having it low will void the probe speed and run it at setup speed.

+1.

See the third sentence: linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/plasma/plas....html#_using_plasmac

I have been giving some serious thought to having the filter program automatically place a Z move to just below the max height for the first cut.

I would not bother with it, on machines with limit switches it is not an issue, and adding the "material 0" button takes care of that. I use a laser for material edge finding so i have to use that feature. Although adding a G53 Z10 or simillar to the top of the gcode should also do.

phillc54 wrote:

I have been giving some serious thought to having the filter program automatically place a Z move to just below the max height for the first cut.

I'm a fan of this. My touch-off button is modified to have a G53 Z0.196 so that when I zero X and Y I dont forget to jog the torch back to the top.

It seems it would save a lot of new users a lot of headache.